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Victims recall shock, pain after sniper attack on Ga. 365
'That energy, that speed, the force: you feel it' says gunshot victim
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Joe Welborn was one of the two individuals shot by a sniper on Friday, May 4, 2018, who was targeting cars traveling on Ga. Highway 365. - photo by David Barnes
Joe Welborn plugged the bullet wounds with his index fingers to stop the bleeding. “I reached down to kind of feel the area and I noticed blood on my hand,” said Welborn, of Demorest. Welborn, 73, was one of two people to be shot when a gunman opened fire May 4 on Ga. 365 between Tribble Gap and Mud Creek Roads. Harvey Kerby, 54, of Gainesville was also wounded. The shooter, 26-year-old Rex Harbour of Snellville, later killed himself.